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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
  23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331)
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  An Important and Rare Ceremonial Boomerang-Club (lil-lil)
  North Queensland (circa 1900); carved hardwood
  80.5 cm high
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Victoria
• Notes:
  This extraordinary and large ceremonial boomerang-club is carved of hardwood with an irregular flaring and flattened terminus. It is intricately carved with incised human figures and horses which are broken into sections of cross-hatched bands. This highly accentuated figurative form of boomerang-club (sometimes referred to as lil-lil) is incredibly rare. For two very similar and related examples see Aboriginal and Tribal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 9 November 1997, lots 691 and 692 which were possibly carved by the same hand. The description indicating that this particular form of boomerang-club comes from Macleay Station in North Queensland. D'lan Davidson
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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